Kayla and Griff met at a mutual friend's engagement party on October 1, 2016. When Kayla arrived to the party, Griff was the first person she saw, and she introduced herself right away. As the evening went by, they hit it off. When Kayla left the party, she was disappointed Griff didn’t ask for her number! She friended him on Instagram the day after the party and sent him a photo they had taken together at the party. Then Griff finally asked for her number. They started texting and chatting on the phone constantly and soon enough they were visiting each other (in San Jose and Davis) every chance they could. The next year Griff decided to make the move to Davis, and the rest is history! Griff proposed the weekend after he and Kayla ran a marathon (Kayla thought it was going to happen at the finish line) on December 8, 2018. They went to a fancy dinner in Sacramento, then walked over to a huge Christmas tree where Griff got down on one knee. They now live together in Sacramento and get to carpool to work together most days.